Mike McCreery
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ORIGINAL: Lowpe I have sunk 2 Lexingtons, 1 Yorktown and Long Island. Illustrious, and Hermes too. CVLs are present. So that is 2 Yorktowns, 3 Essex, Wasp. So 10 Yank carriers, plus one British I think Victorious -- yeah more like an CVL. I don't think he is invading, I think he is raiding, and I think his target is the HI and not the Bonins. However, I am probably wrong, but he now has 4-9 detection levels around Tokyo coast. I set up two offensive bombing forces at the Bonins with 75 escorts each; one the northern tip of Marianas with Lilly IIb and Oscar IVs; and as much as I could stuff at Yokohama. The long range recon thing on your coastline tells me he's doing 1 of 2 things: 1) Satisfying curiosity 2) Looking to raid. Even with FOW, he's going to see the sizes of factories and all that jazz. He won't know their types until he recons, but he can see the size. He may be looking to cripple your late war aircraft production, which honestly is just about the only thing going strong for you . So his CV-based VF numbers aren't actually that high. Sub-300 on fighters for sure with 3 USN fleet CVs down, unless he transferred VB or VT units off in favor of USMC VMF units. I didn't count Illustrious and Hermes as Illustrious withdraws before this time and Hermes is so slow as to relegate her to moving with the CVEs, and I didn't count Long Island either. quote:
ORIGINAL: Lowpe He is too far to target industry, but he could do other things. Not entirely true. He could be as far out as 12-16 hexes PLUS extended range on his planes (with DTs), that could be out to 26 hexes or so and be able to set a city attack target on something. Can you search out that far? Reliably? Perhaps in a radius around the Bonins, but he could go farther north, into a blind spot... He is 21 hexes from Yokohama...I thought that is outside of targeting industry -- doesn't really matter, I wouldn't have changed anything anyhow. Would he really raid close to a undamaged, well supplied level 9 airfield? I guess we will find out... If his recon is high enough he will spot what the factories make, won't he? In Downfall, as the Allies I can,but I can't remember if it is before or after a bombing run. I checked and he can see one SamJ & one Ki202 factory. But he can tell somethings from Tracker can't he? Like engine advances? With high enough detection levels he can see the exact planes the factory makes. At a little lower detection it shows the size of the factory and it also shows disabled factory units which can indicate which factories you are converting from one plane to another an/or enlarging. He is better off attacking your manpower than individual factories but neither will make you happy.
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